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J/Jamal Salem Aljabri
Chief Justice, Labour Court
Labor Court
One of the specialized courts at the Courts of First Instance, with jurisdiction over major and minor labor suits regulated by Federal Law no. 8 of 1980, as amended and Federal Law no. 15 of 2017 on Domestic Workers. This court is chaired by a court chief who reports to the Head of the Courts of First Instance.
The Labor Court received 14,519 cases in 2018, which makes it the biggest recipient of cases among the courts of rst instance. It also witnessed notable progress in the indicators of major and minor verdict accuracy rates compared with their 2017 results.
The Labor Court implemented a number of important initiatives in 2018, mostly related to automation and the provision of smart services in line with the government’s approach and technology developments, including:
- Sanad initiative for free pleading in labor cases, which was launched in late 2017 and implemented in 2018. Under this initiative, Dubai Courts cooperated with a number of attorneys to plead on behalf of the plaintiff (i.e. the worker) for free in special
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Chapter 2: Performance Indicators